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Posted inFilm

Over 40 Years Later, The Wobblies Is as Relevant as Ever

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel April 27, 2022May 5, 2022

The 1979 documentary, recently restored and now returning to theaters, is a vital record of the early years of the Industrial Workers of the World.

Posted inFilm

The Fake Town Where Police Trained to Suppress Protests

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel April 18, 2022April 18, 2022

Hyperallergic talks to director Sierra Pettengill about her documentary Riotsville, USA, which finds the roots of modern policing techniques in the 1960s

Posted inArt

Artists Explore Divergent Histories in Many Worlds Are Born

Avatar photo by Maggie Grimason April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

The exhibition is part of a collaborative initiative that tasks itself with picking up the unfinished work of history.

Posted inArt

A Brief 100-Year History of Santa Fe Indian Market

Avatar photo by Steve Jansen March 16, 2022March 18, 2022

The annual event has survived draconian governmental policies to become the country’s largest public Native American arts and cultural gathering.

Posted inFilm

Lynching Postcards Explores a Dark Corner of US History

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Director Christine Turner explains to Hyperallergic how her documentary short interrogates the white gaze and seeks to reaffirm some ugly truths about the past.

Posted inNews

An Original Copy of US Constitution Sells for $43.2 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Document Ever Sold

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 25, 2021November 24, 2021

MoMA board member Ken Griffin went well over asking for the document, beating out cryptocurrency enthusiasts who crowdfunded to purchase it.

Posted inNews

Attendance to History Museums Plummeted Nearly 70% in 2020

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

Those who do not know the past are doomed to repeat it.

Posted inFilm

The Story of the “First Lady of Religious Broadcasting”

by Beandrea July September 20, 2021October 4, 2021

The Eyes of Tammy Faye features a riveting performance from Jessica Chastain, but proves less interesting than the documentary it’s based on.

Posted inOpinion

Fortnite Turns Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Into a Sci-fi Nightmare

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel September 6, 2021September 3, 2021

“March Through Time,” an interactive educational experience inside the popular online game, recreates the March on Washington, with embarrassing results.

Posted inFilm

The 500-Year-Old Ghost of a Conquistador Wanders Mexico

Avatar photo by Aditya Iyer August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

The documentary/fiction hybrid film 499 uses a fictional character to speak to real-life contemporary colonized people.

Posted inFilm

What Has Become of Film and TV’s Many Attempts to Dissect Hitler?

by Justine Smith August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

After decades of works about the Nazi dictator, “Who was Hitler?” becomes a less interesting question than “Why do we care so much?”

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75 Years On, How Cinema Remembers the Holocaust

by Justine Smith July 21, 2021December 30, 2021

With those who directly experienced the events dwindling in number, films about the Holocaust must now grapple with what “Never forget” truly means.

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